The reason to invest

This is a UK focused article, so therefore we've used the UK FTSE All-Share Stock Market Index, a smart investment portfolio would be globally diversified, so you would avoid a concentrated 'home bias'.

1977 – Rising Inflation

1976 – UK Sterling Crisis. High Inflation and unemployment

1974 – State of Emergency Announced in Northern Ireland

1973 – Stock Market Falls 45%, British Shares fall £4billion in One Day

1972 – Watergate Scandal, Munich Massacre

1971 – Indo-Pakistan War

1970 – US Invade Cambodia

1969 – Dow Jones declines 18%

1968 – Robert F kennedy Assassination

1967 – Arab-Israeli War

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